skje

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skeið (“(war) ship; sheath; reed, sley”), cognate with Danish ske and Swedish sked.

Alternative forms

• skei

Noun

skje f or m (definite singular skjea or skjeen, indefinite plural skjeer, definite plural skjeene)

1. a spoon

Derived terms

• spiseskje
• teskje

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, German geschehen and Limburgish sji-jje, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to spring, come up, emerge, happen”).

Verb

skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd)

1. to happen, occur

References

• “skje” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, and Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/

Verb

skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd or skjett)

1. to happen, occur

Synonyms

• hende

Derived terms

• kanskje

References

• “skje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.